one-many

[ wuhn-men-ee; usually read as wuhn-tuh-men-ee ]

adjective

, Logic, Mathematics.

1. (of a relation) having the property that an element may be assigned to several elements but that given an element, only one may be assigned to it.

one-many

adjective

1. maths logic (of a relation) holding between more than one ordered pair of elements with the same first member

Word History and Origins

Origin of one-many¹

First recorded in 1905–10